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Saturn Awards 1986 Winners & Nominees

The 13th Saturn Awards (1986) took place on May 28, 1986. Fright Night won the most, 2 of its 5 nominations. Winners include Best Director for Cocoon, Best Actor for Back to the Future and Best Supporting Actor for Fright Night. Every winner and nominee in all 12 categories is below.

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44
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6
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Saturn Awards 1986: The Winners

The 13th Saturn Awards (1986) winners: Best Director for Cocoon, Best Actor for Back to the Future and Best Supporting Actor for Fright Night, and 1 more category below.

Scoreboard

Saturn Awards 1986: Which Films Won the Most

Fright Night won 2 awards from 5 nominations. 5 films won at least once, while Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome went home empty-handed from 4 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Fright Night (1985) movie poster
    Fright Night 2 / 5
    1985 · Thriller, Horror · 2 wins from 5 nominations
  2. Back to the Future (1985) movie poster
    Back to the Future 1 / 7
    1985 · Adventure, Sci-Fi · 1 win from 7 nominations
  3. Cocoon (1985) movie poster
    Cocoon 1 / 6
    1985 · Sci-Fi · 1 win from 6 nominations
  4. Ladyhawke (1985) movie poster
    Ladyhawke 1 / 3
    1985 · Adventure, Drama · 1 win from 3 nominations
  5. Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) movie poster
    Young Sherlock Holmes 1 / 2
    1985 · Adventure, Mystery · 1 win from 2 nominations
  6. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) movie poster
    Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 0 / 4
    1985 · Action, Adventure · 0 wins from 4 nominations
  7. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) movie poster
    The Purple Rose of Cairo 0 / 3
    1985 · Drama, Fantasy · 0 wins from 3 nominations
  8. The Return of the Living Dead (1985) movie poster
    The Return of the Living Dead 0 / 3
    1985 · Sci-Fi, Horror · 0 wins from 3 nominations
  9. The Princess Bride (1987) movie poster
    The Princess Bride 0 / 2
    1987 · Adventure, Fantasy · 0 wins from 2 nominations
  10. Enemy Mine (1985) movie poster
    Enemy Mine 0 / 2
    1985 · Action, Adventure · 0 wins from 2 nominations
Full results

All 12 Saturn Awards 1986 Categories: Winners & Nominees

12 categories and 44 nominations; Best Director had the most nominees (6). The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

12 categories · 44 nominations

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Saturn Awards 1986 Best Performance by a Younger Actor

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

By genre

The Genres Behind the Saturn Awards 1986 Winners

Adventure led with 25 nominations across 10 films and won 3. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Adventure 3 wins · 25 nominations · 12%
  2. Sci-Fi 2 wins · 21 nominations · 10%
  3. Comedy 2 wins · 20 nominations · 10%
  4. Thriller 3 wins · 14 nominations · 21%
  5. Fantasy 2 wins · 12 nominations · 17%
  6. Horror 2 wins · 10 nominations · 20%
  7. Action 0 wins · 9 nominations · 0%
  8. Drama 1 win · 8 nominations · 13%
  9. Romance 0 wins · 7 nominations · 0%
  10. Mystery 1 win · 5 nominations · 20%
1986 season

How the Rest of the 1986 Awards Season Voted

The other 6 ceremonies of 1986, with the winner of each top prize.

All 1986 awards
Earlier years

Previous Saturn Awards Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the date and size of each. The Saturn Awards page has every year back to 1975.

Every Saturn Awards ceremony

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Saturn Awards 1986: Questions & Answers

The winners, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film and the date of the 13th Saturn Awards (1986), answered from the results on this page.

Who won at the 13th Saturn Awards (1986)?

The winners include Best Director for Cocoon, Best Actor for Back to the Future, Best Supporting Actor for Fright Night and Fright Night (Best Writing).

Which film won the most awards at the 13th Saturn Awards (1986)?

Fright Night (1985) won the most: 2 awards from 5 nominations.

Which film had the most nominations at the 13th Saturn Awards (1986)?

Back to the Future (1985) led with 7 nominations and won one of them.

When was the 13th Saturn Awards (1986)?

The 13th Saturn Awards (1986) took place on May 28, 1986. The database has 12 categories and 44 nominations for it.